Archive for May, 2009
GastroPreneur Week – McDonalds and More… Companies Thriving In Today’s Recession
Posted on 29. May, 2009 by Adam.
Here we have the final post in out GastroPreneur Week! It seems like almost everyday we hear about another business closing its door, a victim of the current economic times. But what seems to get overlooked amidst all the gloom and doom stories are companies that are actually thriving despite the recession. Entrepreneurs should take [...]
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GastroPreneur Week – What’s Cooking on the Web?
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
I’m not sure whether it’s the downward economy or an increased interest in cooking, but I’m finding people dining out less often and eating at home more frequently. There has always been an interest in food and cooking back to the days when Julia Child had her infamous cooking show. But lately, there has been [...]
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GastroPreneur Week – The Entrepreneurial Chef – Gordon Ramsey
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by Adam.
This week we have decided to do a special “GastroPreneur Week”, and we have some excellent culinary posts for you. We start the week off with a profile on THE most Entrepreneurial Chef we could find – it’s Gordon Ramsey. Gordon James Ramsey was born in Scotland in 1966, and during his early years this [...]
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Top 5 Online Social Hang Outs!
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
The purpose of social media marketing sites is to help you stay current with the latest news and trends. I find them particularly valuable for entrepreneurs and small business owners. These types of sites are growing by leaps and bounds, providing insider information on just about every industry or business sector. I thought it would [...]
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Is Second Life becoming a First Business?
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by Adam.
More and more entrepreneurs are beginning to tap into the marketing features that the virtual world Second Life provides for their real time business. While many businesses have a presence on the Internet with a website and links on social networking sites, there are greater opportunities for promoting your business in Second Life. As its [...]
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The Top 100 iPhone Apps
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
Very few technology advancements get the buzz that I’ve been seeing surrounding the iPhone apps. For entrepreneurs, iPhone apps put valuable resources at their fingertips. Think working smarter and more efficiently. There are about 20 categories of iPhone apps, easily connecting the user to all aspects of daily living. I am going to take you [...]
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The New Era of Copyrighting
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Adam.
Copyrighting your original works is a good thing. It ensures that no one steals your intellectual property and profits from it. But the copyrighting process can be long, tedious and costly, with the original intent of protection often getting bogged down in the legal process. Now there is another choice that offers a streamlined process, [...]
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The Power of a ReTweet – Join the experiment!
Posted on 14. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
We have posted this on our alter ego site http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog – We are discussing the power of a ReTweet! – Join our experiment and head over to http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2009/05/14/the-power-of-a-retweet/ and hit the ReTweet button! It’s a ReTweetathon :) Many of us are enjoying the real time benefits of Twitter and the instant contact and feedback it [...]
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Young Entrepreneurs Turn Ideas Into Reality At The Digital Open
Posted on 13. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
I came across something today which I thought was really innovative, and I wanted to share it with you. There’s an Online Game that challenges its players to calculate and conspire; a Product Website; and a Science Lab Database. All of these innovations are very different from one another, yet they have one thing in [...]
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Interview with Young Entrepreneur David Nilssen
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by Adam.
I recently had the pleasure to interview David Nilssen – who is without a doubt, a very impressive Young Entrepreneur! David Nilssen is co-founder and CEO of Guidant Financial Group, Inc. Guidant helps aspiring entrepreneurs to invest their retirement funds into a business or franchise without taking a taxable distribution or incurring penalties. A strong [...]
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15 Helpful Business Tips to THRIVE in Tough Times!
Posted on 11. May, 2009 by Adam.
I was thinking a lot this weekend about the downturn which almost every country throughout the world in going through. I was also thinking how this can have an impact on the performance of so many businesses. It’s only natural that entrepreneurs of small and large companies are feeling the pinch during these challenging economic [...]
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Push My Button! – 6 Ways to Share
Posted on 08. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
Social Media Buttons help your visitors share the content of your blog or website with others. Not all of your visitors will use them, but a large percentage of them will, and this can potentially generate a significant amount of traffic to your site, not to mention another backlink to boot. No savvy internet entrepreneur [...]
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Entrepreneurs Can Change the World!
Posted on 07. May, 2009 by Adam.
As entrepreneurs serving entrepreneurs, we know that small businesses drive our economy and fuel our growth. With that, we’re starting an entrepreneur movement to inspire entrepreneurship and turn our country around. The Entrepreneurial founders of Grasshopper (formally known as GotVmail) Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser have commissioned noted composer Carly Commando (creator of the NBA [...]
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Yahoo might be losing sleep over drop in earnings
Posted on 06. May, 2009 by Matthew Toren.
We are always talking about Google, as clearly, this is the place where everyone wants a front page listing – but today I wanted to highlight something I read in the news recently about one of the Google rivals – Yahoo (founded by a couple of Young Entrepreneurs!). Yahoo executives are most likely losing sleep [...]










